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August 30, 2006
It looks like no more than a path of desire. Fellowship Parkway is one of those public streets in Echo...
August 28, 2006
So far, most of the summer has been hasty and rushed. Pages flying off the calendar in fast motion. Days,...
August 24, 2006
I find it impossible not to join the chorus on this one. If you're reading this there's a good chance...
August 23, 2006
On a stroll around Echo Park Lake yesterday my posse of two moms and two daughters saw not one but...
One of the less-happy signs of gentrification in Echo Park is that there seem to be fewer ice cream trucks....
August 21, 2006
Shameless and a lot of fun. The Echo Park Historical Society silent auction was noisy enough that M.C. Christine Peters,...
August 19, 2006
The image above as well as the news below are from photographer Martin Cox, who has a print for sale...
August 17, 2006
An anonymous tipster (who happens to be my husband) forwards the following from the Defamer blog: J. Lo To Exploit...
My fellow neighborhood blogger at Echo Park, California reports that Eric Garcetti is spending his vacation in the Navy --...
August 15, 2006
By happy accident I am involved in staging an art-auction fundraiser for the Echo Park Historical Society. It’s going...
August 14, 2006
One third of the hyrda-headed comedy monster Culture Clash, Ric Salinas plays the character Norte-Sur in the ensemble’s most recent...
August 10, 2006
In response to my response to the NYTimes idea that "Echo Park is in the early thoes of gentrification" a...
In recent days, Culture Clash’s play "Water & Power" has received a great deal of attention – including in LA...
August 09, 2006
It was the first time I remember seeing an audience that looked just like people in the film. Coming out...
August 07, 2006
Photographer and longtime Echo Park resident Martin Cox sends me the following (and I say yes!): Author Tadahiko Imada wrote...
August 04, 2006
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Building (AKA the John Ferraro Building) stands there looking like a cool...
August 03, 2006
Chicken Corner is the name of a place that does and does not exist, which puts it right in league...
August 02, 2006
Echo Park Lake, the heat has broken. I walk down to the Lake with my daughter. The lotus flowers are...
August 01, 2006
The first time I saw residential Echo Park/Elysian Heights I thought, this place has been forgotten. It was as if,...
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